Frontend UI Developer - Javascript/HTML5/CSS3

JOB PROFILE: - SOFTWARE ENGINEER TRAINEE

Experience with Web fundamentals like HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3, and JSP, etc.

Good understanding of Object-Oriented JavaScript (OOJS), ES6,

Hands-on exp in Web app development using modern client-side MVC frameworksusing ReactJS

Thorough understanding of ReactJs and its core principles

Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM,etc.

Experience developing custom reusable components in ReactJS

Proficient understanding of unit testing using JavaScript test frameworks like JEST

Experience integrating REST APIs

Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements

Job Description

• Experience in UI development using React JS
• In depth knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML and front-end languages
• Excellent front-end coding skills, and a good understanding of progressive applications
• Strong knowledge of UI design principles, patterns, and best practices
• Experience working with JavaScript and Typescript, React, Redux, RxJS, Yarn
• Experience in test driven development using modern source control and continuous integration
• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain software
• Delivering high quality and well-structured code

What we want to accomplish and why we need you?

Haptik is one of the world's largest Conversational AI companies, having reached over 500 + million devices, and processed over 5 billion+ conversations till date. Haptik has been at the forefront of the paradigm shift of interaction from clicks to conversations. We have built a robust set of technology and tools that can enable any kind of conversational application. With a 400+ member strong team that is set to double in the coming year, Haptik is truly poised to lead the Conversational AI revolution with some of the best minds in the industry.

We are a full-stack conversational AI company from building products to delivering bots for our clients. We are looking for a front-end engineer who can help us build the next generation of enterprise-grade conversational AI platform.

What will you do every day?

As a front-end tech lead you will be responsible for building the Haptik platform which is used by people across the globe. You will be working closely with the product, design and platform team on a day to day basis and be responsible for the look and feel of the product. While you know how to work hard, you also know how to have fun at work and make friends with your colleagues.

Ok, you're sold, but what are we looking for in the perfect candidate?

- Have a keen eye for detail and passionate about UI and UX

- Has worked with a team of FE engineers to set tech processes and standards.

- Has experience in mentoring junior engineers.

- Have a solid understanding of front-end technologies especially React

- Build, maintain and gate-keep the platform tools

- Work closely with the PM and designers to deliver high-quality features

- Work closely with the backend engineers to understand the Interkat Platform and build for scale

- High-level estimating and scoping/breaking down of tasks

- Document features to make them easily understandable to clients

- Participate in code reviews, automated and functional testing, and other aspects of our quality assurance process

- Use and promote standard good coding practices

- Fully participate in a scrum-based, agile development team

- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends, emerging technologies, and software development best practices

- Work experience around optimizing build artifacts and performance monitoring

- Following security standards when using cookies/others to store user information etc.

Requirements :

- 5+ years of experience working on React.js

- Prior experience of leading/mentoring a team is a plus

- Knowledge of flux and redux

- Must have extensive experience working on Javascript, HTML, CSS, animations and UI/UX principles.

- Knowledge of backend technologies is a plus

- Good attention to detail, pixel perfect designs

- Bachelor's Degree in computer science or equivalent

- Good Communication skills

- Hustler with the passion for writing good code

- Team player

- Must have experience in working in an agile environment, exposure to tools like Jira would be an added benefit.

Requirements is such a strong word. We don't necessarily expect to find a candidate that has done everything listed, but you should be able to make a credible case that you've done most of it and are ready for the challenge of adding some new things to your resume.

Designation: Senior Software Engineer

Years of experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

Skills: 5+ years of hands on experience in Angular 6/7/8/9 (mandatory). Experience also in Angularjs is preferred but not mandatory.

• Job Title - Software Engineer - Frontend
• Reports Into - Lead Frontend Web Developer
• Location - Hybrid/Bangalore

A Little Bit about Kwalee….

Kwalee is one of the world’s leading multiplatform game developers and publishers, with well over 900 million downloads worldwide for mobile hits such as Draw It, Teacher Simulator, Let’s Be Cops 3D, Airport Security and Makeover Studio 3D. We also have a growing PC and Console team of incredible pedigree that is on the hunt for great new titles to join TENS!, Eternal Hope, Die by the Blade and Scathe.

What’s In It For You?

• Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 days remote/ WFH is the norm
• Flexible working hours - we trust you to choose how and when you work best
• Profit sharing scheme - we win, you win 
• Private medical cover - delivered through BUPA
• Life Assurance - for long term peace of mind
• On site gym - take care of yourself
• Relocation support - available
• Quarterly Team Building days - we’ve done Paintballing, Go Karting & even Robot Wars
• Pitch and make your own games on Creative Wednesdays! 

Are You Up To The Challenge?

As our Software Engineer - Frontend you’ll be designing and producing excellent web interfaces, working closely with the server and analytics teams. 

Your Team Mates

The frontend team consists of both our frontend developers and designers, we work closely with all parts of the business to create tools that vary across the whole company, from the publishing team to create a portal for people to submit games, the marketing team on things like our website, all the way to our internal teams for things like administration and analytics.

What Does The Job Actually Involve?

• You'll be working directly with the server and client teams to create our games server admin interfaces. And closely with the analytics team developing features for our analytics platform.
• A portion of the work involves maintaining/improving our extensive games server admin interface and our in-house Analytics platform.
• You will be working with a lot of different technologies that make up our worldwide cluster where we support millions of daily players.
• On some projects specific gameplay features rely on server side counterparts and complex web UI interfaces making for a good change of pace from Analytics and Data entry interfaces.

Your Hard Skills

• Minimum 2 years browser-based programming experience
• A proven track record of programming high quality and innovative web pages using Javascript, HTML5 & CSS3 and relevant frameworks (ideally ReactJS but could also be others e.g. AngularJS, NodeJS, Handlebars, jquery, gulp)
• An excellent working knowledge of various programming languages, databases and scripting tools including at least one of bash, MySQL, CouchBase, Python, Java, C#, JSP, PHP
• A creative mindset motivated by challenges and constantly striving for the best
• Interest in mobile games

Your Soft Skills

Kwalee has grown fast in recent years but we’re very much a family of colleagues. We welcome people of all ages, races, colours, beliefs, sexual orientations, genders and circumstances, and all we ask is that you collaborate, work hard, ask questions and have fun with your team and colleagues. 

We don’t like egos or arrogance and we love playing games and celebrating success together. If that sounds like you, then please apply.

A Little More About Kwalee

Founded in 2011 by David Darling CBE, a key architect of the UK games industry who previously co-founded and led Codemasters, our team also includes legends such as Andrew Graham (creator of Micro Machines series) and Jason Falcus (programmer of classics including NBA Jam) alongside a growing and diverse team of global gaming experts.

Everyone contributes creatively to Kwalee’s success, with all employees eligible to pitch their own game ideas on Creative Wednesdays, and we’re proud to have built our success on this inclusive principle.

We have an amazing team of experts collaborating daily between our studios in Leamington Spa, Lisbon, Bangalore and Beijing, or on a remote basis from Turkey, Brazil, Cyprus, the Philippines and many more places around the world. We’ve recently acquired our first external studio, TicTales, which is based in France. 

We have a truly global team making games for a global audience, and it’s paying off: - Kwalee has been voted the Best Large Studio and Best Leadership Team at the TIGA Awards (Independent Game Developers’ Association) and our games have been downloaded in every country on earth - including Antarctica!

Responsibilities:

• Translate designs and wireframes into high quality code.
• Write and maintain modular and high performance code.
• Collaborate with BE devs and UX designers to improve usability.
• Participate in technical discussions and communicate across teams.
• Lead frontend technical development efforts.
• Take ownership and drive projects end-to-end.
• Mentor junior developers

• Design front-end architecture (secure, high-performing, scalable, extensible, flexible, simple).

Requirements:

• Should have strong JavaScript fundamentals.
• HTML/CSS experience, including concepts like layout, specificity, cross browser compatibility, and accessibility.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, the JavaScript object model and ES6
• Understanding of React.js / Angular/ Vue.js and its core principles.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with React.js /Vue.js/ Angular.
• Good communication skills.
• Good understanding of FE build systems and tools like Babel(ES6), Webpack, Grunt, npm,. is a plus.
• Experience with browser APIs and optimising front end performance is a plus.

Work Location: Hyderabad

J.D:

• Minimum 3+ years of professional experience in Angular 2+ and above, React JS and scripting Language.
• Excellence in modern JavaScript, HTML5 and design patterns.
• Thorough understanding of the responsibilities of the platform, database, API, caching layer, proxies, React testing library, server side rendering, and Type script.
• Validating user input on the client side and implementing meaningful feedback.
• Skill in designing a modern build process that integrates testing and continuous delivery.
• Hands-on experience with creating configuration, build, and test scripts for continuous integration environments.

• Minimum 4 yrs of experience in React JS.
• Experience building single page frontend applications and reusable components
• Solid experience with the core React ecosystem like React Router, Redux etc.
• Master of HTML, CSS, and other display-centric web technologies.
• Comfortable using git, docker.
• Proficient in Javascript (ES6 / ES7) programming with at least 4/5 years of
• experience.
• Good knowledge in writing frontend test cases.

• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates and Promises.

• Strong Problem Solving skills.

• Strong skills in Javascript and ability to write well documented, clean JavaScript Code.

• Very good understanding of ES6/ES7, JSX and Component Lifecycle.

• Deep practical knowledge of native Javascript, ES6, understanding the internals of frameworks like ReactJS, Angular or any other view libraries.

• Knowledge of modern authorisation techniques, such as JWT Tokens.

• Good understanding of common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, Yarn etc.

• Has strong communication skills and self-accountability.